Safety Engineer - Submarines

Overview

Develop safety cases and hazard analyses for nuclear submarine facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• hazard studies
• safety cases
• cross‑functional integration
• design liaison
• risk mitigation
• inherent safety

Tasks

-Undertaking multi-stage hazard studies and analysis to determine fault and consequence scenarios and resulting in engineered and administrative prevention and mitigation measures. -Adopting Inherent Safety and Defence in Depth approach to the development of modern standard Right First Time holistic Safety Cases. -Integrating cross-functional learning from Nuclear, Radiological, Environmental and Process Safety Relevant Good Practice (RGP) and shaping holistic safety processes. -Liaising with design and project engineers to ensure that safety is baked into new facility design.

Requirements

• fmea
• hazop
• fault tree
• nuclear safety
• engineering degree
• technical reporting

What You Bring

-A demonstrable ability to work in multidisciplinary teams to tight deadlines -Experience or knowledge of hazard identification techniques such as FMEAs, HAZOPs, Fault & Event Tree Analysis, and reliability evaluation methods. -Previous safety experience in the nuclear industry or other high hazard industry. -Degree in Engineering or Science discipline, or equivalent -The ability to provide clear, concise and accurate technical reports -Experience or knowledge of hazard assessment processes, including design basis assessment techniques (e.g. production of fault schedules, the derivation of safety functional requirements) and As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) assessments.

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About Rolls-Royce

-Founded in the early 20th century, it began as a pioneer in aero-engine design and has grown into a global engineering powerhouse. -It develops and produces engines and power systems for commercial and military aircraft, naval vessels, submarines, and energy infrastructure. -Headquartered in London, it operates across four core segments—civil aerospace, defence, power systems and emerging markets like nuclear and modular reactors. -It supports iconic programmes—supplying wide-body commercial aircraft engines, submarine nuclear reactors, naval propulsion, and bespoke industrial power units. -Amid a major turnaround since 2023, the company secured a £9 billion UK defence reactor deal.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-must hold a uk security check (sc) clearance without caveats; rolls‑royce will support the application. -uk nationality required; dual nationals undergo additional scrutiny and background checks.